VDL Groep

VDL Groep
Company type	Private
Industry	Diversified Manufacturing
Founded	1953; 73 years ago by Pieter van der Leegte
Headquarters	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Key people	Wim van der Leegte
Products	Car assembly, Bus, Coach, Finished products and supply
Revenue	€5.0 billion (2017)
Operating income	€120.2 million (2014)
Net income	€153 million (2017)
Number of employees	16,137 (2017)
Website	www.vdlgroep.nl

VDL Groep is an industrial and manufacturing company. It was founded in 1953. Its head office is in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

VDL Groep oversees its different companies and makes sure it gets results from these companies.

VDL Groep oversees its coach, bus, chassis, minibus and midibus making companies,

VDL Groep also oversees its different manufacturing companies, these companies make products for different sectors, these products and sectors are:

Suspension systems for the automotive industry
Production automation systems, heating, cooling and air-technical systems, systems for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry
Sunbeds and roof boxes, container handling equipment, systems for the agricultural sector
Cigar-making and packaging machines, production systems for optical media and medical systems

History

The company was founded in 1953 and was called Metaalindustrie en Constructiewerkplaats P. van der Leegte

It was founded by Pieter van der Leegte senior, the father of Wim van der Leegte, president and CEO of the company from 1972 until 2016, hence the name VDL. Today,^[when?] Wim van der Leegte's youngest son, Willem van der Leegte is the president of the company.

VDL companies

VDL Bus & Coach - bus and coach builder based in Valkenswaard.
VDL Nedcar - a brand independent car manufacturing plant in Born
VDL TIM Hapert - is an international company specialized in the mechanical processing of cast and forging works and welding assemblies, spindles and complete products.
VDL ETG - Former Philips precision machine factories, specializes in high tech module development, production and assembly.
Van Hool - Belgium Based Bus Builder

References

1 2 3 "VDL Groep: 2017 is een goed jaar geweest". Retrieved 13 April 2018.
↑ "VDL - Wim van der Leegte". vdlgroep.com (in Dutch). 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
↑ "VDL - Geschiedenis" [VDL History]. vdlgroep.com (in Dutch). 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

Other websites

VDL official website

[VDL2017-1] 1 2 3 "VDL Groep: 2017 is een goed jaar geweest". Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[VDL_Wim-VDL-2] "VDL - Wim van der Leegte". vdlgroep.com (in Dutch). 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

[VDL_Geschiedenis-3] "VDL - Geschiedenis" [VDL History]. vdlgroep.com (in Dutch). 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.